medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
---- Jon Cannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> But orientation, if unecumbered by modern notions of precise accuracy,
> certainly mattered. Norman rebuildings of Anglo-Saxon greater churches very
> often substantially 'corrected' previously slapdash approaches to the idea
> of 'east' (eg Wells, Winchester);
As I think I have mentioned before, the extreme example of this is York Minster, which is aligned W-E, whereas every single other church in York (including St Mary's Abbey!) is on the SW-NE alignment of the Roman legionary fortress.
> and while the English predliction for flat altar wall, universal from c1200,
> has various causes, orientation is surely a factor here, too.
I think I would disagree pretty strongly with that statement.
John Briggs
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